diff --git a/rowbot b/rowbot
index 0136408..8b91fd1 100755
--- a/rowbot
+++ b/rowbot
@@ -155,15 +155,6 @@ get_option dev yes
 
 on_sys_first_001_bootup() {
   log_info "rowbot's pid is %d" "$$"
-  get_option nick rowbot-dev
-  get_option ident rowbot
-  get_option realname rowbot
-}
-
-on_sys_first_999_bootup() {
-  log_debug "registering with the server"
-  irc_nick "${config[nick]}"
-  irc_user "${config[ident]}" "${config[realname]}"
 }
 
 on_sys_before_999_bootup() {
@@ -188,7 +179,7 @@ on_sys_after_001_bootup() {
 }
 
 on_sys_exit_999_bootup() {
-  log_info "There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that kind of the point?"
+  log_info "There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn't that kind of the point?"
 }
 
 ###
@@ -380,6 +371,15 @@ on_sys_init_999_magic() {
   get_option chan ""
 }
 
+on_sys_first_003_magic() {
+  get_option nick rowbot-dev
+  get_option ident rowbot
+  get_option realname rowbot
+  log_debug "registering with the server"
+  irc_nick "${config[nick]}"
+  irc_user "${config[ident]}" "${config[realname]}"
+}
+
 on_sys_before_999_magic() {
   if [[ -v alarm_pid ]]; then
     export ALARM_PID=$alarm_pid
@@ -417,17 +417,51 @@ on_sys_exit_997_magic() {
   fi
 }
 
-#  nick=${args[0]}
-#  who "$nick" %%uht,42
-
 ###
 # irc receive handlers
 ###
 
+irc_on_ERROR() {
+  log_error "${msg_args[0]}"
+  exit
+}
+
+irc_on_JOIN() {
+  log_info "%s has joined %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[0]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_KICK() {
+  if (( ${#msg_args[@]} == 3 )); then
+    log_info "%s has kicked %s from %s: %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[1]}" "${msg_args[0]}" "${msg_args[-1]}"
+  else
+    log_info "%s has kicked %s from %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[1]}" "${msg_args[0]}"
+  fi
+}
+
+irc_on_MODE() {
+  if (( ${#msg_args[@]} == 2 )); then
+    log_info "%s sets mode(s) %s on %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[1]}" "${msg_args[0]}"
+  elif (( ${#msg_args[@]} > 2 )); then
+    log_info "%s: %s sets mode(s) %s" "${msg_args[0]}" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[*]:1}"
+  fi
+}
+
+irc_on_NICK() {
+  log_info "%s has changed their name to %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[0]}"
+}
+
 irc_on_NOTICE() {
   log_info "[%s/%s] %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[0]}" "${msg_args[1]}"
 }
 
+irc_on_PART() {
+  if (( ${#msg_args[@]} > 1 )); then
+    log_info "%s has left %s: %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[0]}" "${msg_args[1]}"
+  else
+    log_info "%s has left %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[0]}"
+  fi
+}
+
 irc_on_PING() {
   irc_pong "${msg_args[1]}"
   log_debug "received ping: %s" "${msg_args[0]}"
@@ -437,12 +471,40 @@ irc_on_PONG() {
   log_debug "received pong: %s" "${msg_args[1]}"
 }
 
+irc_on_PRIVMSG() {
+  log_info "<%s/%s> %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[0]}" "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_TOPIC() {
+  log_info "%s has changed the topic for %s: %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[0]}" "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_QUIT() {
+  log_info "%s has disconnected: %s" "${msg[from]}" "${msg_args[0]}"
+}
+
 irc_on_001() {
   log_info %s "${msg_args[1]}"
   run_callbacks on_sys_register_
   run_callbacks on_register_
 }
 
+irc_on_002() {
+  log_info %s "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_003() {
+  log_info %s "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_004() {
+  log_debug "%s " "${msg_args[@]:1}"
+}
+
+irc_on_005() {
+  log_debug "received inotify specs"
+}
+
 ###
 # irc send handlers
 ###
@@ -461,6 +523,10 @@ irc_ping() {
   net_send "PING :%s" "$1"
 }
 
+irc_pong() {
+  net_send "PONG %s" "$1"
+}
+
 irc_user() {
   net_send "USER %s 0 * :%s" "$1" "$2"
 }